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Project Maths - Where to start?

  • 15-08-2010 2:18pm
    #1
    melbme
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭


    I am just starting my first RPT contract teaching maths. I covered a maternity leave last year so wasn't covered to go on the project maths inservice. So I am a little confused about its implementation. Can someone help me with theses questions -

    1) This years fifth and first years will begin learning only strands 1 and 2 of the course (stats & geometry)?

    2) What do they keep from the old course? Is it just these topics as were taught before are now replaced with the project maths material?

    3) I have seen there some new text books but they only cover these two strands of the course. Do students now use a new text book plus the older one for the other material?

    Any help greatly appreciated.

    Thank you!!


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  • #2
    evolving_doors
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,812 ✭✭✭✭evolving_doors


    1) this years 1st and 5th years will begin stats and geometry strands 1 & 2 plus the other stuff thats on the "old" syllabus.
    2) they keep everything except strands 1 and 2 ("new" stats and geometry)
    3) AFAIK The george humphrey "concise maths" has supplimentary booklets for strands 1 and 2.. reckon newer books will be onstream soon enough ...check out folens and edco sites...

    Have a look here http://www.projectmaths.ie/default.asp
    The education centres run extra evening courses .. if enough people ring up and enquire they said they'll run extra courses. See here for your local education centre http://content.projectmaths.ie/courses All of these courses are finished but if you ring em up we were 'assured' that more courses would be run depending on demand..

    Hope that helps


  • #3
    melbme
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭melbme


    Great thanks for that. I did contact Project maths to see if they knew of any courses running over the summer but there was nothing until 26th August in Mayo - which is when i start working in Cork! I'll contact my local office again and put some pressure on.

    Thanks so much for clearing up those questions.


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